Renens VD railway station

Renens VD railway station is a railway and metro station in Renens, Vaud, Switzerland, west of the city of Lausanne. It is served by trains of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) on the Lausanne–Geneva railway and the M1 metro line in Lausanne (also called TSOL). It is one of the termini of the Lausanne Metro system.^[1]

Layout and connections

Renens VD has three island platforms and one side platform. A single island platform serves the Lausanne Metro with two tracks (Nos. 61–62) which terminate at the station. The remaining platforms serve five main-line tracks (Nos. 1–5).^[4] Transports publics de la région lausannoise operates bus services from the station.^[5]

As of the December 2022 timetable change,^[update] the following services call at Renens VD:^[6]

RegioExpress:
- half-hourly service (hourly on weekends) between Annemasse and Vevey, and hourly service from Vevey to St-Maurice. On weekends, hourly service to Geneva Airport.
- single daily round-trip to St-Maurice.
RER Vaud:
- R1 / R2: half-hourly service between Grandson and Lausanne or Cully on weekdays.
- R3 / R4: half-hourly (hourly on weekends) service between Vallorbe and Aigle; hourly service to Le Brassus; hourly service to St-Maurice on weekdays.
- R5 / R6: half-hourly service between Allaman and Palézieux; weekday rush-hour service continues from Palézieux to Romont.

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^ "Plan de zones tarifaire" (PDF). mobilis. Retrieved 2014-08-23.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
^ "Renes VD" (PDF) (in French). Swiss Federal Railways. August 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
^ "Plans du réseau" (in French). Transports publics de la région lausannoise. September 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
^ "Départ: Gare de Renens VD" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in French). 11 December 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022.